Vehicle-gear.



L. E. HICKOK.

VEHICLE GEAR.

APPLIUATION FILED 111111.29, 191s.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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LESTER E. HICKOK, OF MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, .ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALFTO FRANK E. WIIJCOX, OF MEGHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

VEHICLE-GEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 167 1913,

Application led March 29, 1913. Serial No. 757,578.

To alifwromtmuy/ concern: the axle clip yoke; E, the nuts on the Be itknown that I, Les'rnn E. lircxok, threaded prongs; F, a hole in the yokefor a citizen of the United States, residing at the king bolt; Gr, theperforated head of Mechanicsburg, in the county of Cumberthe king boltclip; ll, the perforated brace land and State of Pennsylvania, haveinhead; I, the head block; J, the head block 60 vented certain new anduseful Improve plate; K, the perforated lug of the plate; ments inVehicle-Gears; and I do hereby L, a threaded recess at the under surfacedeclare the following to be a full, clear, and of the lug; M, the uppermember of the exact description of the invention, such as fifth wheelsecured to the head block plate;

'lo will enable others skilled in the art to which N, the lower memberof the fifth wheel se- 65 it appertains to make and use the same. curedto the axle bed; O, the king bolt; l),

rllhe object of my invention is the provia bolt which secures the topend of the king sion, generally in connection with a vehicle bolt to thehead block; and Q is a nut at gear provided with a head block platehavthe lower end of the king bolt.

l ing a perforated lug7 upper and lower fifth The means for adjustmentcomprises a 70 wheel members located between the head hollow cylindricalbody It having a bearblock plate and axle or axle bed, a king bolt ingflange S at its lower end which is in clip with a perforated head, and aking bolt, frictional contact with the upper surface of of means .forraising the head block plate the king bolt clip head or lug, a top endand upper member of the lifth wheel so the T located within the recessat the under snr- 75 frictional Contact of the fifth wheel memface ofthe head block plate lug, and the bers will not be excessive, and so,when deexterior being threaded and engaging sii-ed, the superimposedweight may be supthreads in the perforation through the head ported bythe head of the king bolt clip, said block plate lug. Holes U may beprovided means to be so constructed that. the adjust in the flange S toreceive a wrench or other 80 ment may be made after the parts of thetool for turning the cylinder, after the nut gear are assembled. Q, atthe end of the king bolt has been In use the excessive frictionalcontact of lowered, so as to raise the head block plate the fifth wheelmembers prevents the easy and the upper fifth wheel member out ofturning of one member relative to the other, Contact with the lowermember or to relieve 85 and my invention is designed to obviate this theexcessive frictional contact of the two objectionable feature ofoperation by wholly members to a degree which will permit the orpartially supporting the weight upon the easy turning of the lowermember relative head of the king bolt clip. to the upper member in thearc of a circle.

With this end in view, my invention con- A set-screw V passed throughthe head block 90 sists in certain novelties of construction and platelug may be employed to retain the cylcombinations of parts as herein setforth inder R in fixed position. and claimed. Fig. 2 of the drawingshows the fth The accompanying drawing illustrates an wheel membersslightly separated and the example of the embodiment of the inventionweight carried by the head of the king bolt 95 constructed and combinedwith the head of clip which insures the easy turning of the the kingbolt clip and the head block plate front wheels and axle. lug accordingto one of the best modes of From the foregoing description taken inprocedure I have so far devised for the connection with the drawing itis clear that purpose. I have provided adjustable means of a. very 100Figure l is a section of a vehicle gear on a simple and effectivecharacter which can be vertical plane adjacent to the king boltmanipulated after the parts of the gear are showing an embodiment of theinvention. assembled and by the use of a wrench or Fig. 2 is a View inelevation of the entire analogous tool.

gear, the fifth wheel members being in sec Vhat I claim is: 105

tion, as seen when looking in the direction l. The combination of a kingbolt clip of the arrow, Fig. l. having a perforated head, a head blockplate Referring to the figures, the letter A with athreaded perforation,a king bolt, and designates the axle; B, the axle bed; C, an threadedadjustable means located between integral three-pronged king bolt clip;D, the said perforated head and the head block 110 plate for moving andsupporting the head block plate at different distances from thef kingbolt clip.

2. The combination of a head block plate having a threaded recess, abearing inl combination With the axle, and threaded adjustable meansbetween the said plate and said bearing for moving and supporting theplate at different distances from the said bearing.

3. The combination of a head block having a bearing element, an axleprovided with a bearing element, a king bolt, and adjust-able meanslocated between and movable independently of said bearing elements forraising the head block and supporting it at different distances from theaxle.

4. The combination of a perforated and threaded head block plate, anaxle clip with a perforated head, a king bolt, and a perforated andthreaded element for adjusting the head block plate relative to the axleclip,

the king bolt being located Within the perforations ofthe severalperforated elements.

5. The combination of a head block having a bearing element, an axlehaving a bearing element, one of said elements bein-g threaded, athreaded element adapted to be bodily rotated relatively to said bearingelements to separate and support said elements at different distancesfrom each other, and means for looking said threaded element againstrotation. p

6. The combination of a threaded lug K, a king bolt clip Gr, a threadedCylinder R, and a king boltl located `Within perforations in said parts,for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof l aflix my signature, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

LESTER E. HICKK. Vitnesses:

W. H. LONG, C. M. FoRRns'r.

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